Velmore Redevelopment

Update March 2009

At the Eastleigh Local Area Committee which was held on 1 October at the Eastleigh Civic Offices the Committee voted to approve the planning application which was submitted in the summer. We have been working closely with our contractors, Lovells, for some months now, and hope to start on site soon. We have to purchase some land from Eastleigh Borough Council and we are in the process of finalising the Section 106 agreement with HCC and EBC which will secure approximately £1.5m in developers contributions to be spent on the estate. Section 106 ‘head of terms’ specifies how these contributions can be allocated. However, we have been able to negotiate with EBC and HCC, using the consultation information collected from residents last year to help shape the proposals for allocating these funds. Further consultation will still be necessary but the key projects will be:

  • Development of a Transport Plan for the area,
  • Public Art project
  • Exploring the feasibility of developing an enhanced community facility for the estate.

Lovells are in the process of recruiting their Resident Liaison Officer, who will be working closly with the residents of the estate.

PROGRAMME

The phasing is dependent on ensuring our residents' needs are met and also what is practical in construction terms. We give below our current estimation of how the phasing will work. We emphasise that this is also dependent on our legal agreements with Eastleigh Borough Council and the timing of these.

  • Chapel Corner, Kent Road: May 2009 to October 2009
  • Somerset Crescent/Belmont Road: May 2009 to October 2010
  • Surrey Road: June 2009 to April 2011
  • Kent Road: October 2009 to August 2010
  • Cornwall Road: February 2010 to March 2011
  • Westfield Crescent: January to September 2011
  • Sussex Road: January to September 2011
  • Belmont Road (remainder): January 2011 to January 2012

To see the versions of the plans that were approved by Committee please click on the links below (under Plans By Road).  Other documents that were submitted with the planning application are also available (see list of hyperlinks below), including documents relating to the expenditure of the developers contributions and what the monies might be spent on.

We will complete the refurbishment of the 18 bungalows in Somerset Crescent by the end of 2009

Plans By Road